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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140156365 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCENTIVIZING PROFESSIONALS IN A CONSULTATION SYSTEM - In exemplary embodiments, a computer implemented method for incentivizing professionals answering questions or responding to service requests in a consultation system is described where a ranking score is calculated for each professional admitted to the consultation system, and based on the professional's ranking score, he is provided early or delayed access to the user posted questions and requests. | 06-05-2014 |
20130311903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A PERSONALIZED QUESTION FEED PLATFORM - Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for allowing users in an online consultation system to create, edit and follow information feeds related to a subject matter category, topic, person or a combination thereof. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311476 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ON-THE-FLY CATEGORIZATION AND OPTIONAL DETAILS EXTRACTION FROM QUESTIONS POSTED TO AN ONLINE CONSULTATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for automatically categorizing and extracting details in real-time from questions submitted by users to an online consultation system. | 11-21-2013 |
20130304749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED SELECTION OF INTERSTING CONTENT FOR PRESENTATION TO FIRST TIME VISITORS OF A WEBSITE - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for automatically identifying content that may be interesting visitors of a website in the absence of any information on the visitors interest or preferences. | 11-14-2013 |
20130297625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFIYING SIMILAR QUESTIONS IN A CONSULTATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for automatically identifying questions on topics similar to a newly submitted question to an online the consultation system. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297553 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING QUESTION ANSWERABILITY IN AN ONLINE CONSULTATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for predicting the likelihood of a user posted the question to an online consultation system to not receive an answer based on the features extracted from the question. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DUPLICATE QUESTIONS IN AN ONLINE CONSULTATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for creating search engine optimized titles representing the relevant content of a document where the title is of the appropriate character length such that search engines will view and index the entire title. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295546 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING AND ELICITING MISSING QUESTION DETAILS IN A CONSULTATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for automatically identifying question details or soliciting the missing details from users posting questions to an online consultation system. | 11-07-2013 |
20130268319 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRICE OPTIMIZATION IN AN ONLINE CONSULTATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for optimizing prices for paid question and answers in an online consultation website, where user attributes are defined and segmented based on parameters influencing the price. At least a high price and a low price test path are created for each segment, and revenue generated for each test path is measured and the highest revenue path is selected as the optimized path and the price corresponding to highest revenue path as the optimized price for the online consultation system. | 10-10-2013 |
20120197820 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PRICING OPTIONS IN A CONSULTATION SYSTEM - In exemplary embodiments, an apparatus and method for providing pricing options in a consultation system is provided. In one embodiment, user input from a user is received. The user input is directed to a question the user intends to post to the consultation system. Pricing factors are determined in part from the user input. A pricing option is then determined by analyzing the pricing factors with pricing attribute data whereby the pricing attribute data may be based on current consultation system dynamics, user history, and completed transactions on the consultation system. The determined pricing option is presented. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPERT VERIFICATION - In exemplary embodiments, an apparatus and method for verifying experts on a consultation system is provided. Identity and credential information is received at a web server from a potential expert. A selection of a category that the potential expert wants to be admitted is also received. The identity information and at least a portion of the credential information may be verified. The potential expert is accepted as an expert based in part on a result of the verifying of the identity and credential information. Once accepted, an account associated with the potential expert is activated to allow the potential expert to become an expert and to allow the expert to provide answers on the consultation system when the potential expert is accepted. | 08-02-2012 |